Last year, one of the concerns players had about MLB’s new rules for 2023 was the potential for teams to aggressively challenge whether a team had violated the shift. A toe over the line? Erase a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. Watching an MLB game is a little bit different experience this ...

In this week’s “By The Numbers” breakdown, the analysis will focus on the shift and how the evolution of this defensive strategy has shaped the game. This will look at the history of the shift, how it ...

The Shift is dead. But of course, you knew that. It’s the one thing everyone knew about MLB’s new rules this spring. The Shift is dead. Oh, wait. Let’s roll back the clock to March 3. Red Sox versus ...

If you're the type of MLB fan who doesn't pore over Twitter all offseason in search of even the most minute crumb of a baseball rumor, you might be surprised when you turn on a game in 2023. The pitch ...

How is MLB’s ban of the shift affecting MLB offenses? source: Getty Images A little more than two months into the MLB season, the first with a shift-ban that keeps two infielders on each side of ...

The 2023 MLB regular season is roughly two weeks old and, to be completely honest with you, this is the worst time of year to analyze baseball. The sample sizes are so small and it is damn near ...

A major shift in how Major League Baseball is played. About time, too. Aaron Judge aiming at his own home run record, Shohei Ohtani trending with every pitch and swing, Dusty Baker trying to win ...